Chapter 395: Make your own movie
The most representative of the Age of Enlightenment are culture, thought and philosophy, and the outstanding figures are Voltaire; The most representative of the steam age is industry, the invention of the steam engine triggered the industrial revolution, and the characters are Watt; In the electric age, the most impressive thing when it comes to electricity is undoubtedly Nikola Tesla, a man who can hold ball lightning, but he died 7 years ago.
Otherwise, Yan Luo could go and ask this thunder master how to manipulate thunder, so as to cultivate the realm of "thunder" in the Bagua Qiankun Gong.
"Acting in a movie? I agreed, but I didn't stay in the U.S. long, and I had to write the script myself. ”
Yan Luo knows many popular movies in later generations, what Titanic, Avatar, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter...... It's just that it's 1951, and there are only the most rudimentary film techniques, and the first of those real special effects blockbusters Godzilla appeared in 1955, and the first Star Wars was in 1977.
In this era, most of the well-known films are romance films, and Paramount Pictures once made the historical blockbuster Cleopatra in 1934, but the props and sets were very rudimentary. The future 1963 Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra, cost $44 million!
40 million dollars in 63 years made Fox, which shot the film, almost bankrupt and had to sell land to make a living.
What Yanra needed was an investment like Cleopatra's, to recreate the context of the Enlightenment, steam, and electric age to gain a sense of history – an era in which there were no digital special effects, and if a blockbuster film were to be made, the studio would have actually built the environment corresponding to the three eras, just as Cleopatra almost literally built a Roman city.
"What, write the script yourself?"
Vivien Leigh frowned, this was really an impertinent request, but she thought about it and reluctantly said, "You wait for me." ”
She quickly drove away, looking for a phone booth to call, Yan Luo had a good meal and sat here, this roadside restaurant was owned by an old black man, and there was a wood-encased television in the restaurant, and there were now more than 2 million televisions in the United States, most of them in black and white, and the TV set here was actually in color, and the cartoon "Cat and Mouse" was playing.
This MGM anime has been on the air in the United States for 11 years and is extremely popular.
Vivien Leigh drove for more than half an hour, and finally found a phone booth on the side of the road and dialed Paramount's corporate headquarters.
"Hello, I'm Vivien Leigh, and I'm looking for Mr. Adolf Chukol."
Chukol, who is now in his 70s, is the president of Paramount, and there is still a big gap between her status and this president as Vivien Leigh, but she is already a superstar among the actors, and soon an old man's loud voice came from the other side of the phone: "Hello, this is Chukol, Vivien Leigh?" I watched your Desire Streetcar, congratulations, the box office is good, Warner Bros. must be very proud now. ”
"What's the matter with contacting me, do you want to work with Paramount?"
"No, it's not me."
Vivien Leigh hurriedly said, "I was on vacation, you know, I had some accidents while filming the streetcar Desire...... My bipolar disorder has worsened, and now that the movie is showing, I am finally feeling a little more relaxed, and I am following the doctor's instructions to relax on the trip to Huanmei, and I am in good spirits at present...... But it's not suitable for filmmaking for the time being, and I need to take a break. ”
"I'm going to say I met a guy in California, huh...... I don't know how to describe it, but I'm afraid only when you see him can you really understand that it is probably the most beautiful of all human beings. ”
"Oh?"
Chukor became somewhat interested: "You're talking about him (he), not her (she)?" As a man, is he more beautiful than a woman? ”
"His beauty transcends gender, and it is also beyond words."
Vivien Leigh said excitedly: "I was inviting him, but he didn't want to make a movie, and finally agreed, but made a request, he had to write the script of the movie himself." ”
On the other hand, Chukol's face was a little unhappy, the different movies of this era and the future almost depend on the plot if they want to attract people, so the status of the screenwriter is very important, and a person who has never made a movie has to write the script himself? Are you kidding! Just because the other party has a beauty beyond ordinary people? And it's a man, could it be Vivien Leigh talking nonsense?
"Mr. Chukol, believe me, even if he doesn't do anything with his looks and temperament, he will drive everyone crazy. If such a person can not appear on the movie screen, it will be a huge loss for the whole world. ”
Hearing this pompous words, Chukor only felt ridiculous in his heart, and it seemed that Miss Vivien Leigh was fascinated by why she was becoming fascinated: "Okay, ma'am...... What country is that peerless beautiful man you met? ”
"China."
"What do you say? China! ”
Chukol's mind immediately conjured up the image of Fu Manchu with a mustache and a piglet with a big braid on the back of his head.
In the eyes of Americans, the appearance of Oriental people: flat face and squinting eyes, was originally synonymous with ugliness, and now there is a man in China who is more beautiful than anyone in the world? Hehe......
"Miss Vivien Leigh, I'm going to have lunch and we'll talk next time."
Hearing that the phone on the other side hung up, Vivien Leigh put down the microphone a little angrily, paused for a few seconds to continue to make calls, this time it was Warner Bros. Pictures, which she cooperated with a while ago, and Harry Warner on the other side did not show more interest, one by one, whether it was Universal or Disney, everyone felt ridiculous and contemptuous of the so-called "Chinese peerless beauty".
Someone even asked her if the Chinese was her new lover.
"Damn, these arrogant, stupid Yankees, they don't know what they're missing."
Vivien Leigh felt a breath in her chest, she traveled by car, and saw a teenager running almost faster than a car on the road, and she was curious to catch up, but found that both her appearance and temperament were beyond imagination, as if an angel had fallen on the earth, and immediately thought that such a person should make a movie for everyone all over the world to see.
I didn't expect to be ridiculed by others for my enthusiasm.
Vivien Leigh has severe manic depression, which is a mental illness, and when filming the Desire Streetcar, it was even severe enough to be treated with electric shocks, and recently she finally passed the trip, and her mind has calmed down a lot, and now she feels that her spirit is starting to go crazy again, and a fire is burning in her heart, wanting to bite, grab, and even want to take off her clothes and run wild......
Once, when she had a psychotic episode, she walked around her home naked.
Of course, there are even more ridiculous things.
Vivien Leigh drove back to the restaurant, and as soon as she got closer, Yanluo sensed that something was wrong.
You feel strong emotions:
Crazy +1, +1......
"What's wrong with you?"
"Those damn guys......" Vivien Leigh gasped, her eyes already covered in bloodshots, "I'm not in good spirits right now...... If I can't control it after a while, don't be surprised and knock me out and send me to the hospital...... Do you know where the hospital is? By the way, do you know how to drive? ”
"You're in a mess right now? Nothing I can treat. ”
"What?"
"I have Chinese secret means, you turn around and don't look at me."
Vivien Leigh turned around suspiciously.
"Quiet."
Yan Luo unleashed the power of words, and the word "Jing" flew out of her mouth and flew on her, and immediately, Vivien Li, who was originally full of irritability and couldn't even control her consciousness, felt as if a basin of cold water was poured on her body, and her heart was clear, she was surprised: "What kind of medical skill is this?" I had a bipolar episode that even the doctor couldn't control, and I ended up having to use an electric shock to calm me down, what did you just say? ”
Vivien Leigh, who almost had a bipolar attack, was full of surprise and joy in her heart.
"I'm speaking Chinese."
"If you want to get rid of bipolar disorder completely, I suggest that you practice Buddhism...... Even if you don't want to change your sect, you can study Zen Buddhism in the East. ”
Yan Luo introduced a few words and asked, "What did you go to do?" ”
"I'm going to contact the studios...... However, they didn't believe me, and some even thought I was stupid......" Vivien Leigh shook her head, "and besides, if you want to write your own script, those arrogant Americans can't agree to it...... Alas, it looks like I screwed up, I shouldn't have called, I should have taken you directly to show them. ”
Yanluo: "I have a suggestion. ”
He wants to make a movie with the themes of the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Steam, and the Age of Electricity, and the investment in building a city in the three major eras is probably greater than that of Cleopatra, right? Not to mention that he is just a high-level life, he is a super life, and it is impossible for those film companies to casually spend tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars to shoot.
"Let's make a movie for them first, so that we can attract investment. You know...... Kung Fu? ”
Vivien Leigh: "What is Kung Fu?" ”
Yan Luo explained: "Kung fu is a kind of fighting technique, such as Capora war dance, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Russian Sangbo, American boxing are all similar to kung fu, and there are hundreds or thousands of kung fu schools in China, Wing Chun, Baguazhang, Tai Chi, Ba Ji Boxing...... We can make a film that shows the Americans what this magic is all about, and at the same time let the studios know how good I can do to write the script. ”
"Wing Chun, Bagua, Tai Chi, Baji?"
In the future, in the 7th and 80s, Bruce Lee was born, letting the world know about Chinese kung fu, and later there were stars such as Jackie Chan and Jet Li who promoted kung fu movies to the world, and now Americans are completely unfamiliar with this.
"A kung fu movie doesn't take too long."
Now is not the future after all, to make a blockbuster film, you have to fly to all over the world to select scenes, kung fu movies even have to let the protagonist practice for a few months first, NG again and again during filming, and do special effects after filming - Yan Luo plans to make kung fu films and pull some masters from Chinatown to start fighting directly.
"And what kind of movie do you want to make?" Vivien Leigh didn't understand, but just now, this magical Chinese boy stopped her bipolar episode by saying a spell-like syllable, which filled her heart with trust.
"The movie I plan to make, the name is Ip Man, the script has been written, and as for the protagonist, I plan to ask a Master Ye from Chinatown to play it."
"What about you?" Vivien Leigh was most concerned about this.
Yan Luo made a smiling expression: "Of course I'm going to play the boss." ”
The consciousness of the doppelganger and the ontology is connected with Tang Seng in Chinatown, Yan Luo has learned that there are many martial artists in this world, and this period of the real history of the world is also the last glorious era of martial arts, after the establishment of New China, martial arts have rapidly declined, especially many of the older generation What good things are hidden, and many national arts are almost lost in the future.
In Chinatown now, there should be some masters.
As soon as Bruce Lee appeared in the future, he became a "god" in the hearts of Americans after only making 4 movies, one of the top ten cultural icons that influenced the world in the 20th century, and Jackson, Elvis, Monroe, Che Guevara and others. Now 20 years in advance, let Ip Man and other masters act in a movie, showing kung fu such as Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Baguazhang, etc., how much of a sensation will it cause?
Whether it is an American or a European, the movies they watch in this era are all about love, how much box office can a hearty kung fu movie receive? Next, to shoot a masterpiece that integrates three eras, the production cost should be enough.
"Well, by the way, we are filming kung fu films: in addition to Ip Man, we can also make gangster films."
"I have a very creative script: The Godfather."
Whether it's a kung fu movie: Ip Man, or a gangster movie: The Godfather, it doesn't take long, because as long as you perform in your true colors - there are a lot of extras in Chinatown.
Just as Yan Luo was making his decision, a group of people sat in a restaurant in Chinatown.
The bodybuilding instructor, who is the representative of the "Axe Gang", is sitting at a table, and an old man is introducing him.
"Our Chinatown gang is second to none in San Francisco in terms of combat effectiveness, and it all depends on the gang's worship of Master to have such good results."
"This one is Master Xu of the twelve-way Tan legs, his legs are more flexible than his hands, and he can kick the opponent from an incredible angle."
Shen Bohui was wearing a black Zhongshan suit that was popular in this era, with glasses, and stood up with a smirk on his face to shake hands with this Tan leg master: "Fortunately, I will be lucky." ”
"This is Master Lin of Wudang swordsmanship, his sword is as fast as lightning, and his power is like splitting a mountain and splitting a stone!"
"This is Master Liao of Xingyi Boxing, he is proficient in the tiger and crane double form in the twelve forms of Xingyi, especially the iron fingers of the crane boxing, which can penetrate the stone slab. There is also this, Master Kong, who cultivates bench boxing in the southern boxing, as the saying goes, the bench is the first of the seven weapons, and it can be easily hidden in the dwelling, and you can also sit on it to hide the killing machine, if you meet the enemy, you can draw up and sit down on the bench to fight the enemy. ”
After everyone finished introducing them, Shen Bohui said with a smile: "Actually, we came from the mainland this time, and we established the Axe Gang to fight the underworld and eliminate evil...... I think in Chinatown, only the Axe Gang exists, and all the other gangs should be disbanded. ”
"What?"
"How can it be?"
The four masters here, namely the Elders' Association, the Liuhe faction, the Black Dragon Gang, and the crocodile gang, learned that the mainland was coming, and the news of Scar Liu made several gangs like a great enemy and also doubted the authenticity of the information, plus I heard that the mainlanders of the Axe Gang were very capable of fighting, so the four gangs, each gang sent a worship, and invited the people of the Axe Gang to come.
Unexpectedly, the mainlanders are too arrogant.
"What do you mean, it's only you axe gangs, so what are we?"
"That's a good question." Shen Bohui still had a smirk on his face, and he nodded and said, "If you are interested, you can join our Axe Gang, but you have to go through the selection first, because as long as we are elite, we will never accept garbage." ”
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